The attorney representing Sara Gonzales McLinn, 20, convicted of first-degree murder in the death of CiCi’s Pizza owner Harold “Hal” Sasko, is seeking a new trial. McLinn’s sentencing, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been delayed so a hearing can be held on the motion for a new trial.

Sarah Gonzales McLinn

McLinn was convicted March 20 of the Jan. 14, 2014 murder of Sasko. Jurors agreed after her conviction that the act was committed with “aggravating factors,” making McLinn eligible for “Hard 50” sentence — 50 years in prison with no possibility for parole.

The 9 a.m. time previously scheduled for McLinn’s sentencing will now be used to take up defense attorney Carl Cornwell’s motion for a new trial, according to court records. Throughout McLinn’s March trial, Cornwell argued that McLinn could not have formed intent to kill Sasko because of her Dissociative Identity Disorder, or multiple personality disorder.

Jurors at the trial saw evidence that McLinn had scrawled on the wall, “FREEDOM,” in Sasko’s blood after she bound Sasko’s ankles and wrists, then plunged a hunting knife into his carotid artery. They also saw footage of McLinn’s matter-of-fact confession to the crime with Lawrence police detectives after her arrest.

The date for a new sentencing hearing has not been set. McLinn is in the Douglas County Jail without bond.